When I figure out an unconventional story edit for my WIP.

#dogs #WritingCommunity #dog #corgi #humor #humour #writing #WIP #amwriting #dogstodon

Ernest Hemingway’s 5 Surprisingly Easy Rules for Writing

1. Kill adjectives
2. Murder your darlings
3. Slaughter long sentences
4. Exterminate repetition
5. Whiskey, but only after s̶l̶a̶k̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶r̶ ̶b̶l̶o̶o̶d̶l̶u̶s̶t̶ writing

#writing #writingcommunity #amwriting #humor #humour #satire

Been busy on writing things for my blog... I always like to have posts ready in advance, because some days, I just can't seem to write anything, and other days, I can't seem to stop...

I made a screenshot of the upcoming posts. They should be shared every day around 7AM CET. There is a Masto account that drops the posts, which can be followed here: @Cynni's Blog



I asked Bing to create an Alt text for this image. As I'm still not sure how to add them properly here, I'll add the text in this post here:

The image is a screenshot of a mobile application displaying a list of scheduled blog posts under the section "Berichten" (which translates to "Messages" in Dutch). The screen is divided into four tabs at the top: "GEPUBLICEERD" (Published), "CONCEPTEN" (Drafts), "GEPLAND" (Scheduled), and "VERWIJDERD" (Deleted), with the "GEPLAND" tab currently selected. Each entry in the list includes a date, title, a brief excerpt or description, and a thumbnail image. The posts are scheduled from March 9th to April 10th. The titles and excerpts include topics such as "SilentSunday," reviews, personal reflections, and quotes. Each post also includes a link to a Flickr image. The thumbnails are colorful and varied, depicting abstract art, book covers, and other images. The list is scrollable, and a plus button at the bottom right corner suggests the option to add a new post.

**Brief Description:**
The image shows a list of scheduled blog posts in a mobile application, highlighting the variety of content planned for publication. This is interesting as it provides insight into the organization and planning of blog content, showcasing different themes and topics that will be covered in the future.

There are no posts scheduled for the Tuesdays. That's because then, I have my "Journal" posts, and I can't finish them until Monday end of the afternoon/Tuesday night. It's a bit hard to write in advance about things that have not happened yet. Hihi, my glass globe 🔮 isn't that good, even though my routine will make some things more predictable.

Well... Today is Sunday, so in a few minutes, my #SilentSunday post will go live. Often it takes a few minutes before it's visible to the Fedi timelines... 😇

Hope you'll all have a lovely day today! ☀️ Today should be one of the last sunny days here for a while, with a max temp of about 16°C.

Catch you later folks!

🧚🏼‍♀️ 🍀 💜 🐾

#PixysJourney

#AmWriting #Blog #WordPress

How I save up writing ideas and use them later on to generate new pieces https://open.substack.com/pub/richmagahiz/p/steal-from-your-past-self?r=gnwin&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true #blog #amwriting #substack

In my daily blog, I dive into the ins and outs of budgeting with my family and explore how it shapes our lives. Join me on this journey as I share the challenges, successes, and valuable lessons we've learned along the way!

https://authorjaneeng.wordpress.com/2025/03/08/budgeting-words-by-janeen-g/

#budget #momlife #wordsbyjaneeng #janeengauthor #janeengwriter #janeengpoet #Writer #author #AmWriting #blogger #blog #blogging

Do you write from different points of view? How do different characters perceive the same event? Who is right (if any)?

#WritingTips #AmWriting #writing #authodons

I also haven’t blogged in two weeks. I think I’m just really in my head about it. Just need to discover why I’m so stressed about it.
Think I’ll try and write one that’s just small and silly, and break the block 🤔

#blogging #amwriting #blog

Well, I have declared my Winter 2025 Everything Notebook lost, and did two positive things: I started a spring 2025 Everything Notebook, and I wrote a post about how I use my paper notebook to keep my scholarly, administrative, volunteer, and personal life afloat. Curious? Have a read!

https://silencesandsounds.blogspot.com

#blog #research #AcademicChatter #AmWriting #SoManyLists

Been working on my blog a bit. 😊

Next focus should be to create some new Thursday Quote posts and Silent Sunday posts. Those seem like short and easy ones, but the usually take up some time. I try to create the quote images, with help from Bing AI, Pixlr and AddText. The Sunday ones, I need to find a good image and make sure I add the Alt text to it as well. 😊

The quote ones I usually make on my phone, as it has all the apps I need to make them. The silent Sunday ones are usually a mix of phone and laptop. 😊

Hopefully, I'll be able to visit the zoo some more again, as animals make quite nice subjects for the Silent Sunday posts... Or, at least I like to think so...

Currently riding the hometrainer some. But my leg isn't all in it, which is annoying. 😔 So I'll probably head down soon, work on my blog a bit and then have some food... Walk with Arwen, and seeing the vacation of bestie is over, she'll probably call me again on her way to her job...

Hopefully I can get some cleaning done after that, before I have to leave the house again.

I'll head to Lidl around 7:45, as it should open at 8, and I wanna be early. Hopefully they'll have all I need and I'll be done quick and all that.



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Alt text by Bing:

The screenshot depicts the interface of a mobile application tailored for blog management, presented in Dutch. At the top of the screen, the header reads "Berichten" (Messages), with three navigational tabs: "GEPLAND" (Scheduled), "CONCEPTEN" (Drafts), and "VERWIJDERD" (Deleted). The "GEPLAND" tab is active, as indicated by its bold formatting. Below, a chronological list of scheduled blog posts is displayed, with each entry consisting of a publication date, a title, a snippet of the content, and a thumbnail image.

The posts are organized from March 2nd to March 21st and showcase a variety of themes. Notable entries include:

• [strong]2 March:[/strong] "#FitIn2025 - February edition" with a reflection on personal progress in the first month of the year.
  
• [strong]5 March:[/strong] "Brain is everywhere! 🧠" discussing the emotional impact of an upcoming surgery.
  
• [strong]7 March:[/strong] "At the zoo 🦁," expressing enthusiasm for zoo visits and mentioning conservation efforts.
  
• [strong]8 March:[/strong] "Gaming again 🎮," an admission of casual gaming enjoyment and embracing 'baby settings.'
  
• [strong]10 March:[/strong] "Observe, adapt, adjust," reflecting on finding routine after a move.
  
• [strong]12 March:[/strong] "Review - Teufel NC headphones 🎧," hinting at a detailed review of the product and its service.
  
• [strong]15 March:[/strong] "Silly 'little' feelings," describing personal hopes tied to previous living situations.
  
• [strong]19 March:[/strong] "Heading towards spring 🌻," anticipating the arrival of spring in early March.

Other entries are hashtag-driven, such as "#SilentSunday" on multiple dates, or feature external links like the "Thursday Book Quote" post on March 6th. Each snippet conveys the unique and personal voice of the author, aiming to engage readers with a mix of personal anecdotes, reflections, and thematic explorations. The user interface is clean and structured, supporting effective blog management.
~~~

Well, the upcoming blog posts are usually shared around 7AM CET. There is a Fedi account that shares the post, well a preview with a link to it, and I usually try to boost it when I can from here. 😉

Hope you're all having a good start of the new week. They say that our weather should be a bit more lovely the next two weeks, so fingers crossed 🤞🏻 for that... 😇

Catch you all later folks!

🧚🏼‍♀️ 🍀 💜 🐾

#PixysJourney

#AmWriting #Blog #WordPress

https://hubpages.com/entertainment/should-i-watch-the-monkey-2025

#AmWriting #AmWatching #blog #film #Cinemastodon #TheMonkey

What starts out as a bloody and rather silly horror comedy loses its way in the second half as the narrative falls a little flat and it gets a bit samey. A stronger cast might also have helped as star Theo James feels overwhelmed here in dual roles. But the film offers plenty of violent, gore-soaked fun for fans of horror comedies assuming they don't have sky-high expectations. 🤔

Ello sweet and lovely Friendos

Just made some Silent Sunday blog posts. The nice thing about getting some nice snaps at the zoo is... That they make awesome snaps to share for silent Sunday.
I know I've shared the snaps in Pixelfed already, but they're still cool enough for my blog...

I have some posts lined up for the next few days... Need to finish my journal post today, as it needs to go live at 7 (CET). So when we get home, that will be the first thing I'll do (don't wanna forget it again! 🫣). And then... I'll see if I can walk the treadmill some... 😊

But first... The blog! I'm also still working on my February fitness post, which should go live early March.

Trying to keep my mind happy bu writing all the things it comes up with. Sometimes it repeats bits, guess that's the downside of overthinking I guess...

Alt text by Bing, as it was too much for me to do.

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#PixysJourney
#AmWriting #Blog #WordPress

A blog post on historical architecture in the context of soundsheds -- at Chaco Canyon and, by extension, in Medieval Vorarlberg

#Research #blog #AmWriting #Soundscape #Soundshed #Histodons #Medieval #churches

https://silencesandsounds.blogspot.com

Blog post: today it's on ideas of sound as mediator between individual and environment, drawing on Stratoudakis and Papadimitriou (2007), and looking at that 1614 Thalbach snowball fight as an example

https://silencesandsounds.blogspot.com/

#blog #Nuntastic #Soundscape #SnowballFight #Memory #SoundAsMediator #17thc #AmWriting #Research #AcademicChatter

blogged today, on a convent sister at Thalbach who becomes Maisterin. She kept a diary, much of which was incorporated into the Convent Chronicle -- and she gives us a lot of details about the world around her. Have a read if you like!

#nuntastic #MonasticChronicle #histodons #blog #AmWriting #17thC #comet #Comet1618 #HistoricalWeather #SnowballFight #AcademicChatter #Research

https://silencesandsounds.blogspot.com

https://hubpages.com/entertainment/should-i-watch-monkey-man-2024

#AmWriting #AmWatching #Blog #FilmReview #Cinemastodon #MartialArts

Dev Patel's directorial debut is much more than a Bollywood-flavoured John Wick-clone, offering political commentary and plenty of rage behind it. It's also surprisingly bloody and brutal at times.

One of the things that I like about writing is the notion that it is possible to improve, throughout your career. Like Robertson Davies or Leonard Cohen.

"Close to the Wind" is the oldest story in my new collection, The Gates of Polished Horn. (2003) But I think it holds up pretty well.

https://markarayner.com/close-to-the-wind/

#writing #writingcommunity #amwriting #fiction #shortfiction #sciencefiction #storybehindthestory

Today's blog post is on using Transkribus (AI) to self-train in reading 18th-century Kurrentschrift, a handwriting which makes doctor's scrawls look positively legible by comparison.

https://silencesandsounds.blogspot.com

#histodons #AI #Transkribus #blog #AmWriting #AcademicChatter #research #process #ScholarlyPractices

Another helpful chart about the #writing process.

#amwriting #writingcommunity #charts #humor #humour

today's blog entry is a biography of a 17th century monastic "Maisterin," centered on the account of her leadership from the Convent chronicle of Thalbach in Bregenz.

https://silencesandsounds.blogspot.com/

#17thc #histodons #blog #AmWriting #ConventChronicles #nuntastic #CounterReformation

Awesome blog about blogging

https://andysblog.uk/why-blog-if-nobody-reads-it/

Pretty much sums up why I bother with it.

#Blogging #Blog #amwriting

Francis Bacon provides “a tight and fitting set of lessons for development into a strong and well-thought-of worker in any area of endeavor” #blog #amwriting #literature

https://therationalthinkersblog.blogspot.com/2024/05/lessons-from-francis-bacons-of-great.html

My department did a nice little Q&A with me about the work I do in Carnegie Mellon's University Libraries: https://buff.ly/416jDMQ

#WritingCommunity #technology #media #amwriting

I've been writing a lot for my blog... Which felt good, but wow, so many scheduled posts!
I will need to work on the Thursday Quote posts and the Silent Sunday ones, ad they're running out... 😊
I used Bing for an Alt text, but it didn't include all the titles... It's a bit too much to mention. 😉
Posts from my blog go live every day at 7AM, Amsterdam time.
If all goes well, the blog will Toot when the posts are live, using this account: @cynnisblog.wordpress.com

Fankoos for your interest!

#Blog #AmWriting #WordPress

Blog!

Today, an exploration of the donor network for the building of Thalbach's church in 1609

https://silencesandsounds.blogspot.com/

#nuntastic #MonasticChronicle #Histodons #blog #AmWriting #SocialNetworks

Kurt Vonnegut, the swooper. How I've come to adore this style of writing.

https://markarayner.com/kurt-vonnegut-swooper/

#book #books #bookstodon #writingcommunity #writing #amwriting

Nine charming quotes about writing. I think my favorite, at least this morning, is:

“Keep in mind Oscar Wilde: ‘A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.’”
— Joyce Carol Oates

https://markarayner.com/charming-quotes-about-writing/

#writing #writingcommunity #amwriting #humor #humour #books #book #bookstodon

I wrote a blog post today on the arrival of six-year-old Caterina Haidenhoferin at Thalbach in 1588, and the circumstances surrounding her arrival...

https://silencesandsounds.blogspot.com

#nuntastic #MonasticChronicle #Bregenz #Blog #Histodons #AcademicChatter #AmWriting #Thalbach

https://hubpages.com/entertainment/should-i-watch-sonic-the-hedgehog-3-2024

This third entry into the franchise works hard to please the fanbase with loads of references, lore and enough CG cuteness to conquer Japan. Luckily, they won't care that the narrative is riddled with plot holes and the human cast are as irritating as ever. Even Carrey's Robotnik is starting to annoy these days. 😕

#AmWatching #AmWriting #Blog #FilmReview #Sonic

Where's the "kill your darlings" command?

#amwriting #WritingCommunity #humor #humour #funny #cartoon #writing #tomgauld

A blog post on a must-watch short documentary from 1962.

Documenting Lepers' Lives: The House Is Black (1962)

https://silencesandsounds.blogspot.com/

#leprosy #music #blog #AmWriting #AcademicChatter #documentary #film #PandemicMusic #HansensDisease

So guilty of this.

#amwriting #WritingCommunity #humor #humour #Writing #quote

I blogged that earworm out of my head. An entry on Taub's "If We Were Married" from Suffs...

https://silencesandsounds.blogspot.com/2025/01/to-banish-earworm-if-we-were-married-by.html

#blog #AmWriting #AcademicChatter #Music #earworm #Taub #Suffs #Broadway #bop

https://hubpages.com/entertainment/should-i-watch-shrek-the-third-2007

#AmWriting #AmWatching #Cinemastodon #Shrek #blog

Shrek's third film is a confusing one - a family film that eschews its slapstick humour for a more mature narrative dealing with parental fears and regal responsibility. It's a curious entry that has its highlights but feels a step back from what went before it.

My last blog post of the year, a word-cloud entry to summarize the 2024 contributions

https://silencesandsounds.blogspot.com/2024/12/2024-silences-and-sounds-123124.html

#blog #AmWriting #AcademicChatter #medieval #soundscape #sounds #silences #musicology

Why blog? I took on that topic as a theme as I was thinking about what this next year needed to look like...

https://silencesandsounds.blogspot.com/2024/12/writing-is-momentum-122824.html

#blog #AmWriting #WhyWrite

Managed to finish a blog about my "silly" autistic thingie that I do, which I shared a here a while ago... 😊

And I created two new book quote posts, both based on Terry Pratchett quotes. He has so many good ones...

So now I'll need to dig through some older snaps to see if there are some good ones to use for my Silent Sunday posts, that I've not used yet... 😊

But I've been doing rather well with the blog, I think. Dunno if all the posts will be good according to others, but I definitely did my best. That's all I can do while writing I guess...

For those wanting to read even more ramblings of mine, besides my long assed toots here, the link to the blog is in my bio. I also try to boost the automated toots of the posts when they go live. 😊

Hope you're all having a good time! #TZAG

#AmWriting #Blog

#AmWriting #Blog
I've been busy working on my blog. I like to write stuff in advance when I have the motivation, energy, and time.
With the more busy days coming up, I wanted to make sure that I had some bits ready to be shared.
Sorry I can't Alt text the whole image, as its too much text and sigh all the little images... I could never fully describe everything. But I'll do my best to get as many details in the alt as I can. 😊

My blog can't share on beige when posts go live, so I linked my fit account on another instance to do that. I try to share one post every day, as I've been doing for about 1650 days now. 😊

The direct link to the blog site is:
https://cynnisblog.wordpress.com/

Hope you all have good time! And, if you enjoy writing, don't stop! 😁

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#PixysJourney

Francis Bacon provides “a tight and fitting set of lessons for development into a strong and well-thought-of worker in any area of endeavor” #blog #amwriting #literature

https://therationalthinkersblog.blogspot.com/2024/05/lessons-from-francis-bacons-of-great.html

That moment...
When you have an idea for a little blog... And you start writing... And after an hour walking while typing, you're still not done!
Whoops....

#AmWriting #Blog

flabbergastion is a word now

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